Hall of Ancient Life
The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont Hall of Ancient Life greets visitors as the first exhibit gallery with a vast assortment of fascinating displays of ancient creatures and modern science.
Uncovering Virginia
Walk through Virginia's natural history from beginning to present inside the museum's Uncovering Virginia exhibit gallery.
Hahn Hall of Biodiversity
The Hahn Hall of Biodiversity features spectacular African mammal collections, including antelopes, a lion, a hyena, a leopard and more.
The museum will be open each Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. from May 28 through September 3, 2017.
Put on your imagination helmets and prepare to go on an epic adventure that spans across continents and time.
Explore our local outdoor treasures and earn Junior Naturalist certification along the way.
The museum will be open each Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. from May 28 through September 3, 2017.
Dragon Festival, Dino Festival, Summer Camps & Sunday openings
Don't miss the exciting lineup of family festivals, children's camps and Sunday openings during summer 2017.
STEM Showcase held at VMNH
The 2nd annual STEM Showcase was held at the Virginia Museum of Natural History on Saturday, April 8.
VMNH receives state tourism grant
Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced that the Virginia Museum of Natural History, in partnership with Piedmont Arts and the Martinsville-Henry County Tourism Division, received $3,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation Marketing Leverage Program grant fund for “The Year of Discovery” marketing partnership.
Ancient DNA extracted from 1,000-year-old extinct tortoise from the Bahamas
Dr. Alex Hastings, assistant curator of paleontology, part of unprecedented study
within a global context in ways that are relevant to all citizens of the Commonwealth.
